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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

WILLIAM S. ENGLE, OF BROOKLYN, NEI/V YORK.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 37,160,

To @ZZ whom it my concern.-

Be it known that I, W. S. ENGLE, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Mode of Teiching Field Exercises and Evolutions in Military Tactics; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a plan or top view of my invention, slightlyin perspective, reprrsenting battalion drill; Fig. 2, a plan or top view of the s: mi reprr senting company drill.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspending parts in the twovtigures.

This invention consists in the employment or use of military iigures composed of rectangular blocks representing companies in line, and detached iigures representing officers and privates, as hereinafter fully shown and described, whereby a learner may practice all the movements of the privates and oflicers, both in battalion and company drill.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

In battalion drill the several companies are represented by rectangular blocks A of wood or other material, the rear of the companies being designated by painting one side of the blocks black or some other color. These blocks are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, R representing the proper right77 and L the proper left of each company. The smaller blocks B, numbered 1 and 2, represent the rst and second platoons of a company, andin battalion movements may be used for the two companies of skirmishers, as prescribed in Oaseys tactics, and they may also be used for the school of the company, as occasion may require. In addition to these there are four blocks, C, smaller than B, and designed to represent the four sections of a company. The

dated December 16, 1862.

block marked S represents the staff, N C S, non-commissioned staff; M, music; D, color.

Besides these wooden blocks there are detached pieces, which may be of metal, the largest of which are of rectangular form and represent the following' officers: The large blue piece, the colonel red piece, lieutenant colonel; white piece, senior and junior majors; green piece, adjutant and sergeant-majors.

The smaller rectangular pieces represent the following ofcers Blue, captains (one for each company red, lieutenants, numbered 1, 2, and 3, for first, second, and third, (two of each for the skirmishing companies.)

Small pieces with rounded or pointed tops represent the following: Red, buglers; blue, (diagonal strpe,) sergeants, (Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5 5) blue, (horizontal stripe,) corporals; blue, (small tlag painted on front,) general guides; blue, (white backs), privates frontrank 5 blue, (black backs,) privates rear rank.

The privates are numbered l and 2, front and rear rank, from right to lett, intended for company drill, and in battalion may represent first and second sergeants, the blue side designating the front.

In Fig. 1 the battalion is drawn up in line of battle, and the oflcers are all placed in proper position.

It will be seen from the of the pieces that the learner may execute all the movements of either battalion or company drill from Oaseys tactics, and soon make himself master of the exercises and evolutions.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The employment or use of the military figures or pieces representing privates and oicers pertaining to a battalion or regiment, for the purpose herein specified.

Witnesses: WM. S. ENGLE.

M. M. LIVINGSTON, M. S. PARTRIDGE.

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